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Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Luke 1:57-66 New Revised Standard Version The Birth of John the Baptist 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read 2 Corinthians 9 New Revised Standard Version The Collection for Christians at Jerusalem 9 Now it is not necessary for me to write you about the ministry to the saints, 2 for […]

Cindy Martin, manager of Cumberland Presbyterian Resources, was surprised recently by a sudden flurry of orders for the reprint edition of the 1895 Cumberland Cookbook. Orders for the volume, which typically sells slowly, came in rapidly through the CP Resources online store with no discernible pattern. Martin contacted one of the buyers and learned the […]

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new poll reveals most Americans are in favor of offering religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccines, yet express concern that too many people are seeking such exemptions. In the same survey, more than half of those who refuse to get vaccinated say getting the shot goes against their personal faith. The […]

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) Executive Committee, meeting virtually 30 November through 1 December 2021, declared a “Decade for Climate Justice” and set plans for the next General Council to be held in 2025. The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Calvinist churches in the world. It has […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Amos 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Complacent Self-Indulgence Will Be Punished 6 Alas for those who are at ease in Zion,    and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,the notables of the […]

Walk To Bethlehem, December 18-19, 2021, 6-8 pm Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Marshall, Texas. This gift to the community and to all Wonderland of Lights visitors is a progressive tour by lantern light. This is a come-and-go, live nativity in five scenes with all the readings coming straight from the Bible. There are actors, live […]

First Presbyterian Church in Dunbar, Nebraska, celebrated its 150th anniversary on November 14, 2021. As part of the celebration, the congregation recalled their 35 year history as a church in Nebraska Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A group of men and women living in the Harmony neighborhood southeast of Dunbar in 1870, realized a […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Isaiah 35:3-7 New Revised Standard Version 3 Strengthen the weak hands,    and make firm the feeble knees.4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,    “Be strong, do not fear!Here is your God.    He will […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were released on Sunday in Haiti and are “safe and seem to be in good spirits.” The group […]